Association Between Rapid Antigen Testing and Antibiotic Use and Accuracy of Peripheral Blood Parameters in Detecting Group A Streptococcus in Children With Tonsillopharyngitis

Cag, Yakup; Ozdemir, Abdurrahman; Yukselmis, Ufuk; Akdeniz, Ezgi; Ozcetin, MUSTAFA

doi:10.3389/fped.2019.00322

Association Between Rapid Antigen Testing and Antibiotic Use and Accuracy of Peripheral Blood Parameters in Detecting Group A Streptococcus in Children With Tonsillopharyngitis

Cag Y., Ozdemir A. A., Yukselmis U., Akdeniz E., Ozcetin M.

FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS, cilt.7, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 7
Basım Tarihi: 2019
Doi Numarası: 10.3389/fped.2019.00322
Dergi Adı: FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: To investigate the effect of rapid antigen testing (RAT) on the practice of antibiotic prescription as well as the accuracy of peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) values in detecting group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) in children with tonsillopharyngitis.